法苑珠林 3.10

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問曰。諸天衣服云何。答曰。如經說。六欲界六天中皆服天衣飛行自在。看之似衣光色具足。不可以世間繒綵比之。色界諸天衣服。雖號天衣其猶光明。轉勝轉妙不可名也。如起世經云。四天王天長半由旬。衣長一由旬。闊半由旬。重半兩。三十三天身一由旬。衣長二由旬。闊一由旬。重半兩。夜摩天身長二由旬。衣長四由旬。重半兩四分之一。兜率陀天身長四由旬。衣長八由旬。闊四由旬。重半兩八分之一。化樂天身長八由旬。衣長十六由旬。闊八由旬。重半兩十六分之一。他化自在天身長十六由旬。衣長三十二由旬。闊十六由旬。重半兩三十二分之一。魔身諸天身長三十二由旬。衣長六十四由旬。闊三十二由旬。重半兩六。十四分之一。自此已上諸天。身量長短與衣正等無差。起世經云。欲界諸天衣服種種莊嚴不可具述。然化樂他化二天。所著衣服隨心大小。輕重亦爾。色界諸天不著衣服如著不異。頭雖無髻如似天冠。無男女相形唯一種長阿含經云。忉利天衣重六銖。焰摩天衣重三銖。兜率陀天衣重一銖半。化樂天衣重一銖。他化自在天衣重半銖。順正理論云。色界天眾於初生時。身量周圓具如衣服。

Question: What is the clothing of the various devas like? Answer: As the sūtras state, throughout the six heavens of the six desire realms, all wear celestial garments and fly about at will. Looking upon them, they resemble robes complete with radiant light and colour, incomparable to the silk fabrics of the worldly realm. Although the clothing of the devas of the form realm is called celestial garments, it is just like radiance, increasingly superior and subtle, beyond description. As the Qishi jing states: 'The devas of the Cāturmahārājakāyika are half a yojana tall; their garments are one yojana long, half a yojana wide, and weigh half a liang. The bodies of the Trāyastriṃśa devas are one yojana tall; their garments are two yojanas long, one yojana wide, and weigh half a liang. The bodies of the Yāma devas are two yojanas tall; their garments are four yojanas long and weigh one-fourth of a liang. The bodies of the Tuṣita devas are four yojanas tall; their garments are eight yojanas long, four yojanas wide, and weigh one-eighth of a liang. The bodies of the Nirmāṇarati devas are eight yojanas tall; their garments are sixteen yojanas long, eight yojanas wide, and weigh one-sixteenth of a liang. The bodies of the Paranirmitavaśavartin devas are sixteen yojanas tall; their garments are thirty-two yojanas long, sixteen yojanas wide, and weigh one-thirty-second of a liang. The devas of Māra's retinue are thirty-two yojanas tall; their garments are sixty-four yojanas long, thirty-two yojanas wide, and weigh one-sixty-fourth of a liang. From this level upwards, the height of the devas' bodies and the size of their garments are exactly equal without difference.' The Qishi jing states: 'The garments of the devas of the desire realm have diverse adornments that cannot be fully recounted. However, for the two heavens of Nirmāṇarati and Paranirmitavaśavartin, the garments they wear vary in size according to their minds; lightness and heaviness are also like this. The devas of the form realm do not wear clothes, yet it is no different from wearing them; although their heads have no chignon, it resembles a celestial crown; they have no male or female characteristics, their form being of one single kind.' The Dīrghāgama states: 'The garments of the Trāyastriṃśa devas weigh six zhu; the garments of the Yāma devas weigh three zhu; the garments of the Tuṣita devas weigh one and a half zhu; the garments of the Nirmāṇarati devas weigh one zhu; the garments of the Paranirmitavaśavartin devas weigh half a zhu.' The Nyāyānusāra states: 'When the hosts of devas of the form realm are first born, their bodily dimensions are fully complete just like clothing.'